Had a commenter leave a link to a poem that made me smile as only a blogger fighting comment spam can smile. I asked for permission to post it here and my request was granted. Enjoy!

Comment Spammers Eulogy

To battle comment spammers
One must be quite adept.
One time it took up my whole night
And in the morn, I wept.
They see your blog as empty space
For them to leave their ads.
They are a selfish, nasty race
With their advertising fads.
Sometimes it’s viagra;
Phentermine, C-allis too.
It takes vigilance to beat them
And that’s why I’m so blue.

Just think if we had comments here
Where ads could then butt in
It would be less enjoyable?
And soon on us wear thin.
I’d like to take them one by one
And dunk them in some stench
But all I do is block IP’s*
Put ads back on the bench.
It’s tragic and annoying
The net has come to this
But in my journals are no ads
From me they get
BUPKISS!

by Timebot
More of her poetry can be found here